A Warning for the People of Anathoth

• 18 it be made known to me, and I knew. Then you showed me their deeds.
• 19 was like a gentle ram-lamb that is brought to slaughter, and I did not know that they planned plans against me, saying,
• “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
  • and let us cut him off from the land of the living,
  • so that his name will no longer be remembered.”
  • 20 O Yahweh of hosts, who judges in righteousness, who tests the[fn] and the[fn]
• let me see your retribution upon them,
  • for to you I have revealed my legal case.

21 Therefore[fn] thus says Yahweh concerning the people[fn] of Anathoth who seek your life,saying,[fn] “You shall not prophesy in the name of Yahwehor[fn] you will die by our hand.” 22 Therefore[fn] thus says Yahweh of hosts: “Look, Iam about to punish them. The young men will die by the sword. Their sons and their daughters will die by the famine. 23 And a remnant will not be left for them, for I will bring disaster to the people[fn] of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.”